The past few weeks have been fairly rough.  With Skyler having surgery, a major stomach bug going around our family, house inspections, and every other thing in the world I can think of, it got kind of hectic.  Since I haven’t done many posts lately, today is going to be a random smattering of everything [...]

Last week, I got to take an evening to go shopping with my mom and my two girls.  We had a great time, but I was stunned by the rudeness of several people who were offended by my daughters’ “puppy packs”.  My girls both adore the little backpacks with the leash attached.  Not [...]

If you like blog reading, like me, you could probably get lost for hours hopping from place to place.  I don’t have that kind of time, so I try to limit myself to only a select few blogs.  If I don’t bookmark it I’ll never look at it again, so it’s easy for me to [...]

This morning as I was chasing my girls around to brush their teeth, I thought to myself, “Man, I hate doing this twice a day.  Maybe I should just do it at night and forget this morning junk!”  I won’t because I want my kids to have good teeth, but it did make me think [...]

In my house, we’ve had a horrible time shaking a Diet Coke addiction.  I’ve come to realize I’m going to have to just accept it, so when I saw this giveaway on I’m Just your Average Mom, I thought it was a fun idea!  It’s a system that enables you to make your own sodas [...]